so someone said that the american bishop of the Catholic church gave a sermon last sunday that basically said anyone who votes for any person who supports pro-choice, or homosexual marriages, and the like, is no longer welcome to take sacraments in the Catholic church.

so there you have it. absolute, concrete proof that all liberals are going to Hell.

First things first… the intrepid is dead… long live the expedition.

I am not a yuppie. but I did buy an SUV. a BIG one, at that. 2001 Ford Expedition, Eddie Bauer edition. It’s sage… I thought sage was a plant or seasoning… but apparently it is a color. It’s close to a dark olive green. anyway, it’s very nice… leather interior, a crap load of options (some of which we’re still trying to figure out)…

It’s an interesting story… we went to look at a volvo… yup… volvo. Twin turbocharged, volvo s80 t6. there are only three in memphis for sale. We looked at all three. At the last one, it was sitting next to this huge greenish suv. caught our attention, so we poked our head in it. the salesman went nuts. threw us the keys and insisted we take it out for a drive… he didn’t come with us, but instead stayed back and worked up some paperwork on the truck. seems he really needed to get rid of it, and being a small family dealership he couldn’t just move it to another lot. When we got back, something amazing happened. Never happened before and might never happen again. The salesman made US an offer on the truck. He knocked three grand off the sticker price and threw in a 4 year, 48,000 mile warranty for free. Good deal.

So good, in fact, that we couldn’t turn it down. We went back the next day and bought it. I’ll save you the boring details of my fight with the bank, and just say that the truck is now mine. ….. and Deedee’s ……. mostly mine.

yeah, I thought my mom’s envoy was big… nope. Parked the expedition next to it and it cowered in fear… shrank back and crawled under the carport…

also, people did something I’ve never seen before… I turn on my turn signal, and they get out of the way! this is new! people just make room for me when I drive that thing.

ok… gotta run… more later

Oh yes, my friends, Big Brother is coming. This reminds me so much of the eye thing from minority report…

Ya know, I like new technologies and such. But allow me to be the first to say, This is not a good idea.

another random quote overheard before the Vandy game while they were blasting country music into the stadium:

Quote of the Day:

“I am a Gangsta, and Gangstas do NOT two step.”

oh yeah… gotta love quotes taken out of context:

Quote of the Week:

“Hey, I need something long and hard to clean out my tailpipe.” — Willer Lite

Did you know I’m a leading expert in detecting ocean currents using satellite altimetry? Yeah… neither did I. Apparently, this website thinks one of my papers is worth citing as a reference for oceanography, though. My paper (in PDF format) is on a Georgia Tech server. I find that curious, too, since I’ve never actually been to Georgia Tech.

Today I acheived sainthood. For those of you who didn’t know, I have been crowned the patron saint of stranded girls.

Quote of the Day:

“My noodles keep spawning.”

Today was the first time I can ever remember being disappointed in a Church of Christ. Deedee and I went to the Po’Dunk Church of Christ today, and I just don’t know how to sum up how much it annoyed me. The preacher did not tell anyone about Christ, nor did he tell anyone about salvation. He did not tell anyone about all the good Christian things you expect when you go to church. He didn’t even preach a fire, Hell, and damnation sermon. He preached the one sermon that ranks #1 on the list of sermons that piss me off and I never like to hear. He preached about why his denomination is the only correct denomination. That’s right… an hour sermon on why everyone else is wrong. Wasn’t so bold as to say everyone else was going to Hell, but I’m pretty sure it was implied.

What pisses me off even more is the fact that the preacher recognized and made a big deal about how today was one of the largest visitor days they had. So instead of teaching all these visitors some insight into Christ they previously did not have, he spent an hour bashing Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, and every other denomination that was not his.

What pisses me off even more than that is the fact that to prove himself correct, he quoted scripture very out of context, he misquoted stuff, he misrepresented stuff, he ignored choice facts, and flat out lied about history. Quoting scripture out of context pisses me off. seriously.

Last, but not least, for several of the problems he pointed out from other churches, the Churches of Christ are just as guilty as any other church. ticks me off. hypocrit.

and to tie the whole bad experience together, the song leader had no sense of pitch and didn’t use a tuning key, so all the songs were off key.

But the whole message thing really takes the cake. I don’t know if I’ll be back to that church again or not… but rest assured, if I ever go back, and they start talking like that again, I’m gonna do one of two things. I’m either gonna get up and politely leave, or I’m going to charge the podium and address the entire congregation and explain to them they are being led astray.

(This may be a repeat, but it is appropriate)

Quote of the Day:

“This is Suck!”

A personality test. What do you think? Accurate or no?

You are a SEDL–Sober Emotional Destructive Leader. This makes you a Dictator.

You prefer to control situations, and lack of control makes you physically sick. You feel have responsibility for everyone’s welfare, and that you will be blamed when things go wrong. Things do go wrong, and you take it harder than you should.

You rely on the validation and support of others, but you have a secret distrust for people and distaste for their habits and weaknesses that make you keep your distance from them. This makes you very difficult to be with romantically. Still, a level-headed peacemaker can keep you balanced.

Despite your fierce temper and general hot-bloodedness, you have a soft spot for animals and a surprising passion for the arts. Sometimes you would almost rather live by your wits in the wilderness somewhere, if you could bring your books and your sketchbook.

You also have a strange, undeniable sexiness to you. You may go insane.

Of the 16277 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 5.3 % are this type.

sorry… I’m not going to write much. I just wrote a 3 page entry since I hadn’t posted in a while, and when I got to the very end, blogger ate everything. all gone.

Basically, I’ve been busy. Done homework, classes, bandcamp, work, etc. Started gaming. d20 modern. Gonna lose a player because she didn’t have fun during the std. training op. That will leave me with 4 combat character and one non combat. strong, tough, 2 fasts, and a smart. The smart is MacGuyver, and created two bombs from what he stole from the convenience store. First game went bad because group split up with half chasing down the bad guys and half robbing the convenience store. Also, one of the guys took the knife and tried to slit the throat of one of the escaped convicts after he had knocked him unconscious… those of you who’ve played the mission before realize the problem with this one… Also, a shout out to Trigger, who made an appearance as the over zealous cop who wants to shoot everyone, and eventally brings a shotgun to the party.

Also, if anyone knows how to configure a DNS server, please let me know, because if I can get my DNS server online, I should be able to host websites.

And now that I’ve condensed 3 pages into less than 3 paragraphs, I leave you with the quote of the day, which comes about because I wanted to complain about a trick question on a pop quiz today…

Quote of the Day:

Matt: “Chad likes making waves. If there is a wave to be made, Chad will make it.”

Seth: “That’s not true. Sometimes when there’s a wave to be made, Chad makes a tsunami.”